Meet our fabulous team! 

Mrs Burns Hawks class teacher Year 5/6 Phase Leader	Miss Ayim Kestrels class teacher
Miss Manning Teaching Assistant	Miss Quick Teaching Assistant

On a Friday, Hawks Class will be taught by Miss Wallace

A Force to be Reckoned With

Can you feel the force?

Year 5's first context for learning journey will be

'A Force to be Reckoned With' 

In this context we will learning all about;

Forces and mechanisms in Science

Rivers in Geography

Ancient Egypt in History

Using Water colours and Oil pastels in Art

Designing and making bridges in Design & Technology

Understanding finances in PSHE

Take a look at the document below for additional information about what else we will be learning about this half term

Upcoming trips

Thames Explorer

Thursday 12th November 2026

Please let a member of the Yr 5 team know if you are able to help out on this trip

AUTUMN TERM - Key dates 

Monday 5th October - INSPIRE Workshop (Handwriting)

Wednesday 11th November - Individual Photos

Wednesday 18th November @ 9am - Hawks class assembly

Wednesday 9th December @ 5:30pm  -  Winter Wonderland Xmas Fair!

Monday 14th December @ 5:30-7pm - Yr 5/6 Christmas Carol Concert

Wednesday 16th December - Class Christmas Dinner & Christmas Jumper Day

 PE

Please come to school already dressed in your PE kit on the days you have PE.

          Indoor & Outdoor = MONDAYS & TUESDAYS

General information

Classroom doors open at 8.35am

The classroom door will shut promptly at 8.50am - children arriving after this time should be escorted to the office and signed in please.

Children will be dismissed from the classroom at 3.15pm. Please be prompt in being on the playground to collect your child. 

Full school uniform should be worn every day, except on PE days. Please ensure that children are wearing the correct shoes in line with our uniform policy.

Every THURSDAY the children will take home a list of spellings to learn for a spelling test on the following WEDNESDAY 

Homework books are due in on a WEDNESDAY!

                     Reading

Children are expected to read every day at home for 10 minutes every day. Please enter the date, and write a quick comment in the reading record book to show what has been read. This will be checked by the teacher every Friday.

TT Rockstars

You are expected to spend at least 20 minutes a week completing TT Rockstars. Use the same log in as last year.

Reading support for parents/carers

Attached are the Reading Domain Questions to support you when asking your child questions whilst listening to them read every day. This will also be sent home with your child next week. 

Please scroll down the document to

KS2 reading domain questions 

Websites that can be used daily

Below is a list of useful links for apps/programs that children can access at home. These can be used alongside any daily learning that is given to the children. All children have been given/posted a pack with all the log ins that they will need.